Goodness, it's been such a long time since I visited this blog. Our home has been in a state of upheaval and I can never seem to find the camera when I want it.

Enough excuses, I am a camera shy photographer. No matter.

Last Sunday I went to the garden centre with friends and splashed out on £45 of plants, including a beautiful rose bush. Well, I've not had time to put them in the ground, and they were looking sorry for themselves today. SO Finally they have been rehoused in the sod. And they look so pretty. Not sure if theyve got enough space, but that's a worry for another day!

Without further ado... meet the ladies!

Pinky

Ruby

Purple

Smiling for the camera

Caught in surprise

See, they are pretty. I don't care what anyone says about instant gardens, I like 'em!

Love Happy
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Firstly a shot of me which I like.

Secondly a blurry one of hubby. No idea how or why it is so out of focus, but never mind.
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Followed by a close up of my ficus plant on the bathroom window ledge.

And one of the family at a happier time - hubby took the photo.

This is Worthing pier. I like the way the sun came through the clouds.

I need to remember that there is plenty of time for more happy times and to make more memories.

Happy
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In an attempt to lighten my mood, and because I saw Uskys bluebells, I thought I'd post my holiday photos.

A carefully pruned tree or a wonderful picnic spot?
These hills just kept rolling ...
for Usky with love..

And wait... there are more

These were taken on my last day at Fitfarms, despite walking past it every day I didn't notice the Rusty potential until then. Maybe through exhaustion?

Hope you like
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Sitting in my mums garden with my sister over the weekend enjoying the sun. Thought I'd share the pretty (if wild) flowers in her garden with you.

You'll have to forgive any graininess - I took these with my mobile phone camera and a bad case of wobblyhanditis!

Just coz its been a beutiful spring day I thought I'd post some more snowy pics.

Snow frame

snowed under?

snowed over?

enjoy
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Time will tell. You can find the original on my other blog.

I love the swings, they remind me of carefree times as a child, who could swing highest? who could jump off the furthest? who could fall and get the biggest scar.

From time to time I visit this park and have a swing, see if I can go as high as I used to, but I tend to stop, either for worry of falling or from motion sickness. Thank god I didn't have these worries as a child. But anyway, seeing them always fills me with a sense of calm. These images more so, as everything is so still, waiting for someone to come take advantage. You can even see shadows in the snow.

The same pic in three colour ways. Isn't it amazing what you can do with photos nowadays?

Thank you all for your encouragement to get out and take more photos, but todays pics are for MK who said I should "take my camera everywhere". I haven't followed this advice as I still feel uncomfortable but I did go back indoors today on way to Sainsburys to get said camera, with MK's words ringing in my ears.

So, if you like what you're seeing, she is my muse for the day! I played around with some of the SP settings, I'm still trying to get a feel for the cameras capabilities, and I will check out all the website links shortly, but I have a few 'bits' to get done before Christmas Day dawns.

So, here are todays pics:

I was trying to capture the cold and emptiness of the streets near my home in these two photos

Next, a rosebush that I used to walk past every day to catch the train. Both pics are from the same bush, just a slightly different angle and I think the second is with the macro setting:
I can't get over the clarity of the rose and the contrast of pink against green.

The bark of this tree made me stop to capture its beauty.

That's it for now, but there are more to come from todays expedition. I've just gotta go eat! Maybe tomorrow I'll add the others on.

Happy
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